Periodic posts from the original 1911 First Edition of the Boy Scout HandbookOriginally Published by the Boy Scouts of America, 200 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY.

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Chemistry Merit Badge

Chemistry

To obtain a merit badge for Chemistry a scout must be able to pass the
following test:

1. Define physical and chemical change. Which occurs when salt is
dissolved in water, milk sours, iron rusts, water boils, iron is
magnetized and mercuric oxide is heated above the boiling point of
mercury?